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Eric Schmid | St. Louis Public Radio2020 will be a year of new marijuana laws. Illinois became the 11th state to legalize recreational marijuana on Jan. 1, six years after Colorado first started recreational sales. Missouri begins medical marijuana sales later in the year — likely this spring — and thousands of residents have already received certification cards. -
not for file use/not for file useThe Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has awarded licenses to 192 medical marijuana dispensaries throughout the state. According to the constitutional amendment voters approved in 2018, 24 dispensaries were licensed in each of Missouri’s eight congressional districts.
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The problem, according to Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, is the products in question — such Delta-8 edibles and vape pens — are not clearly labeled to indicate that they’ll get you high. -
An online mom group with over 3,600 members connects over the use of and interest in cannabis and the realities of motherhood. -
The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation’s guidance comes two weeks after it revoked nine licenses linked to out-of-state groups. -
BeLeaf Medical is arguing the post-harvest employees at its Sinse facility in St. Louis don’t have the right to unionize because they’re considered agricultural workers. -
If the Court of Appeals ruling had been allowed to stand, Missouri argued it would have been forced to award marijuana licenses to applicants who might not have even gotten the necessary scores in 2019. -
Delta-8 THC products — including a large variety of drinks that are popular at bars and available at gas stations throughout the state — can be sold in Missouri stores because they are made from hemp, which is federally legal. -
Some of the licenses were connected to a Michigan company who recruited out-of-state applicants through Craigslist. -
Testimony and evidence presented during this week’s appeal hearing showed state regulators were aware Delta Extraction was using hemp-derived THC long before its products were recalled. -
Delta Extraction will try to convince the Administrative Hearing Commission to reverse its license revocation and allow it to sell its product in Missouri after allegations the company violated state law by selling THC concentrate derived from out-of-state hemp.
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Since recreational weed was legalized in Missouri, thousands of residents say they get a greater high than from the pot they used to buy. It's spurred many consumers to ask: "Has weed gotten stronger?"
